Literatures of Modernity

Graduate program at Toronto Metropolitan University University 📍 Toronto, ON
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THAT’S A WRAP ON THIS YEAR’S #LitModSymposium21 thank you to everyone that made this a memorable and enriching experience! And a special thank you to our program coordinator @jasonaboyd for giving this year’s cohort the chance to present their research, and for your guidance 📚

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Our panel 6 respondent asks “Has the professional author gone out of style?” #LitModSymposium21

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#LitModSymposium21 And our final presenter, Alina! Her presentation compares how new readerships in Victorian England to new readerships in our era effect the dominant forms of publishing. Alina emphasizes the effects of the modern platform Wattpad.

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Sylvana’s presentation examines diversity in the publishing industry from New Grub Street’s era, and how much of the industry has changed or remained the same regarding diversity during modern day. She asks, how can we promote further BIPOC diversity?? #LitModSymposium21

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Nadia’s presentation examines the effects of 19th century economic barriers on the authors in New Grub Street. She positions the characters in our modern day literary market to see if market demands have changed much. I wonder has the market changed much?? 👀 #LitModSymposium21

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Sara’s presentation focuses on the role of readers as consumers and how the demands of the literary market in New Grub Street affects the fictive authors in the novel. #LitModSymposium21

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We’re starting our final panel for this year’s #LitModSymposium21

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“I don’t think Reardon has the ability to shut off his brain and go to the ocean and step away from the British literary world for a moment” ~ Celeste #LitModSymposium21

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Very stimulating examinations at the #LitModSymposium21 of the psychological effects of reading/writing spaces in New Grub Street and the parallels with the blurring of workspaces/home spaces during the pandemic .@ryerson_litmod

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Celeste’s presentation was inspired from the living situations during the Covid-19 pandemic. She looks at how workplace and home environments intersect in modern day and how they did in New Grub Street. #LitModSymposium21

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Stephanie’s presentation discusses how the literary sphere can isolate and separate an author from society in New Grub Street #LitModSymposium21

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And we’re back with Marc’s presentation which explores the literary and social pressures that aspired Edwin Reardon to become a literary genius, but falls short. #LitModSymposium21

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Very interesting presentations on the “Women Readers and Writers” panel at the #LitModSymposium21! So many interesting connections regarding the importance of woman as readers in literary culture in the 19thC & today! .@ryerson_litmod

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That’s a wrap on panel 4! Great presentations and even greater discussions! See you all in 10 minutes #LitModSymposium21

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Graduate student Robyn raises a follow-up statement noting that in modern-day men have various barriers that stop them from achieving higher education

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Why is it that now, women are the dominant readers of fiction, when in the 19th century fiction was a male domain? What changed? #LitModSymposium21

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Our first Q&A session for today has now begun 👀🔥 #LitModSymposium21

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Siobhan’s presentation examines how women’s writing during the 19th century was beginning to pave its path to prove it’s quality in a male dominated literary world. #LitModSymposium21

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Sarah’s presentation examines how women privately networked in different reading-settings during the 19th century. #LitModSymposium21